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Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore ConsensusSingapore is changing. The consensus that the PAP government has constructed and maintained over five decades is fraying. The assumptions that underpin Singaporean exceptionalism are no longer accepted as easily and readily as before. Among these are the ideas that the country is uniquely...
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Mau Mau the Revolutionary, Anti-Imperialist Force from Kenya: 1948-1963Very few countries hide or obscure the significance of their most important historical achievements. Kenya has managed to do so without any regrets or even a thought about the implication of such a major oversight in connection with Mau Mau Resistance. The reason for...
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Dedan Kĩmathi Speaks: We will Fight to the Last GunExtensive archives belonging to the Mau Mau were long held by the British and were not made available widely. This book, written by one of the foremost researchers on the Mau Mau, is a result of years of village-level research which also recovered some...
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Kenya's War of Independence: Mau Mau and its Legacy of Resistance to Colonialism and Imperialism, 1948-1990Kenya's War of Independence restores Kenya's stolen history to its rightful place, stripped of colonial interpretations. In this expanded and revised version of his 1986 booklet, Kimaathi, Mau Mau's First Prime Minister of Kenya, Durrani covers Mau Mau's resistance to colonialism and neo-colonialism and...
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Africa in the Colonial Ages of Empire: Slavery, Capitalism, Racism, Colonialism, Decolonization, Independence as Recolonization, and BeyondWords like "colonialism" and "empire" were once frowned upon in the U.S. and other Western mainstream media as worn-out left-wing rhetoric that didn't fit reality. Not anymore Tatah Mentan observes that a growing chorus of right-wing ideologues, with close ties to the Western administrations'...
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#RhodesMustFall. Nibbling at Resilient Colonialism in South AfricaThis book on rights, entitlements and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa shows how the playing field has not been as levelled as presumed by some and how racism and its benefits persist. Through everyday interactions and experiences of university students and professors, it explores...
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The Open Veins of Africa: The Dynamics of Extractive Accumulation by Dispossession in 21st Century AfricaThere is no discussion on Africa today that does not make reference to the contradiction that exists between its wealth of natural resources and the poverty of most of its people. Africa is not a poor continent, and not all Africans are poor. Yet...
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Teoria do Mundo Multipolar"O principal ide logo eurasianista da actualidade" /"Este movimento liderado por Alexander G. Dugin, com a simpatia de Putin, associa num espa o geopol tico comum as pot ncias continentais" - Revista Militar/Revista da Armada (Portugal)"Dugin e a sua filosofia n o s o...
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Negotiating Inseparability in China: The Xinjiang Class and the Dynamics of Uyghur IdentityAuthor: Timothy GrosePublisher: Hong Kong University PressPublished: 01/15/2020Pages: 160Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60dISBN: 9789888528097About the AuthorTimothy Grose is an assistant professor of China studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.This title is only available via back order
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Farewell, My Colony: Last Days in the Life of British Hong KongIn the heart of Beijing, a large digital clock marked off the seconds until July 1, 1997, when the red, five-star flag of China would be hoisted over Hong Kong - and the grand but untried idea of "one country, two systems" would be...
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The Indonesian Economy in Transition: Policy Challenges in the Jokowi Era and BeyondBy any indicator, Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation on earth, is a development success story. Yet 20 years after a deep economic and political crisis, it is still in some respects an economy in transition. The country recovered from the 1997-98 crisis and...
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Burma or Myanmar? the Struggle for National IdentityBurma, also known as Myanmar, strategically located between China and India, is one of the largest and most richly endowed states in Southeast Asia. Yet it remains both economically and politically underdeveloped. Why is this so? We argue that much of the reason has...
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Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist StateDuring the last two decades, Laos has undergone major transformations due to a massive influx of foreign investment. Improved communications and new forms of mobility have dramatically altered rural life. Changing Lives in Laos brings together contributions from young scholars that look closely at...
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Debating Democratization in MyanmarComing at a critical time, and one of growing interest in this Southeast Asian country among researchers and policy-makers, Debating Democratization in Myanmar addresses this complex question from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives. Chapters by leading international scholars and practitioners, activists and...
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Living Next to the Giant: The Political Economy of Vietnam's Relations with China Under Doi MoiThis book examines how the interaction between political and economic factors under Doi Moi has shaped Vietnam's China policy and bilateral relations since the late 1980s. After providing a historical background, the book examines the conflicting effects that Doi Moi has generated on bilateral...
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Digital Heritage and Culture: Strategy and ImplementationThis book addresses the state-of-the-art initiatives as well as challenges, policy, and strategy issues in developing a digital heritage ecosystem within the broader context of an emerging digital culture. Case studies are drawn from the United States, Europe, and Asia to showcase the breadth...
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Nontariff Measures and International TradeNontariff Measures and International Trade includes 20 chapters authored by John Beghin and co-authors over the last 20 years on the economics of quality-standard like nontariff measures in the context of international trade. This book provides a coherent and comprehensive treatment of these nontariff...
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The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore's Developmental StateHighlights the limitations of Singapore's authoritarian governance modelExamines the relevance of the Singapore governance model for other industrialising economiesElaborates on the structural pressures associated with Singapore's particular locus within globalised capitalism that have fostered heightened social and material inequalities Author: Lily Zubaidah RahimPublisher: Palgrave...
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Belt and Road Initiative, The: ASEAN Countries' PerspectivesASEAN countries play a crucial role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that was initiated in 2013. A number of priority BRI projects have since been implemented. The implementation of BRI brings new opportunities and challenges to countries in the region, and also...
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China Reconnects: Joining a Deep-Rooted Past to a New World Order'The book is engaging, informative, and provocative and can profitably be read by undergraduates and professors alike. You do not have to agree with the dean of China studies to learn from him.'China Review International The book shows how the Chinese are now confident...
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